good morning on this tuesday, may 29th. hope you're having a good morning as you are waking up to arm temperatures again. already in the 70s out there. humidity still hanging out with us. decided not ready to leave yet. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. hope you had a great memorial day weekend. tucker barnes, good morning to you. >> good morning.

our temperatures continue to be in the 70s here at 4:25 in the morning. lots of humidity. you get the idea we'll off to another warm and humid start to the day and another hot one but we've got some changes. we're on the right side of the screen there. out to the west, all that flashing you see out towards indianapolis, this is a cold front which will object the march. and by mid- to late afternoon will likely spark off some showers and storms around here. it will eventually bring us some cooler and drier air. our temperatures today under partial sunshine should top out about 90 degrees with a late day storm so be ready for it. more details coming up. back to you. a deadly midair collision involving two semiautomatic planes over fauquier county. one pilot was able to land and walk away from the wreckage.

the other plane crashed about a mile away. the pilot and passenger of that plane were both killed. today, fans will pay tribute to chuck brown. thousands are expected to gather at the howard theater for a public viewing. on thursday, a public memorial service will be held from noon until 3:00 at the washington convention center. president obama marked a milestone monday speaking at the vietnam veterans memorial for the first time as commander in chief. the president was joined by vice president bideen and the secretary. defense among others. >> but there were many vietnam veterans who say they couldn't get into a ceremony they've been attending for years. tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: the president arrived at the vietnam veterans memorial to the strains of hail to the chief. thousands gathered here as they do every year for one singular

purpose. >> today is memorial day. >> reporter: the president honored the 58,282 names on the wall who died in vietnam, thanked surviving vietnam veterans for reaching out to today's veterans. >> you cared for those who followed. you made it your mission to make sure today's troops get the respect and support that all too often did you not receive. >> reporter: 2012 marks important milestones for the vietnam war with the 30th anniversary of this memorial. >> we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the vietnam war, a war that occupies a central place in the american story. >> we feel a common resolve on memorial day to pause if only for a moment and to remember. >> reporter: the president's appearance meant changes in security and access, changes that many veterans tell us it

made it very difficult if not impossible for them to get into their own memorial. many vietnam veterans said they were unaware of the ticketing and entry rules. >> i came down to seat president. we can't even see him. -- i came down to see the president. >> my other buddy got a bad knee. i don't think he will make it down here. >> reporter: the memorial did open to the general public after the president left but many vietnam veterans told us they felt kept apart from a place they feel is an important part of them. >> i've gone to that service at 1:00 for 10 years. i've got a lot of friends on the wall and i wanted to pay my respects and i can't do that. >> reporter: tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> lee allen of the vietnam memorial fund contacted us yesterday and said they are

aware of the complaints and are disappointed that not all of the veterans who wanted to attend were able to. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. we begin with a live look outside for this tuesday morning. it is may 29th. hope you had a great holiday weekend. and i guess your tuesday, you are being welcomed by a lot of hot weather. i walked outside and thought it was like florida. kind of soupy and sticky. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. >> actually, florida is more comfortable. they have a nice sea breeze that we don't get. >> how did we lose out on that? >> let's plug in a fan out back. >> temperature are now in the upper 70s. that should be where our

average daytime high still is. we'll be near 90 again this afternoon. >> again. what were we yesterday? >> 90. >> let's do it again. >> we need another day at the pool. >> the radar showing the flashing there. that is a lot of thunderstorm activity out to the west in indiana, just west of indianapolis at this hour. that will be moving in later today. much of your day will be sunny and bright and hot and then eventually the clouds will start to move in with a better and better chance of scattered showers and storms. 77 at reagan national. humidity, 76%. winds out of the south and west at 12. i don't believe it. forecast for today, hazy, hot and humid. eventually some thunderstorm activity. highs about 90 degrees.

cooler weather on the way. >> okay. >> thank you. let's say hello to julie wright and get the latest on traffic. >> we are back to work on a tuesday so keep your eyes peeled as you make your way around the capital beltway. your lanes here are open. no problems report northbound along 395 leaving the beltway and continuing out across the 14th street bridge. you will find the lanes are open in each direction on the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. new this morning, police in maryland are investigating a deadly two-car crash in clinton. one of the cars ended up in the brush off the road. the accident happened about 11:00 last night near branch avenue and wood yard road. one person was killed. all the roads are back open. two small planes collided in midair yesterday afternoon over bealeton, virginia. this is in fauquier county. the pilot of a piper pa-28 was

able to glide through a tree line and somehow managed to land. he walked away from the wreckage. it became clear to a man in the area that he was becoming delirious. >> his primary concern coming across the field profusely bleeding from the left eyebrow and his nose was to call the faa. >> the other plane crashed into a yard and caught fire about a mile away. the pilot and passenger were both killed. fortunately, no one on the ground was hurt. the cause of the collision is still under investigation. hard to believe it has been nearly two weeks since we lost him. thousands of fans are now expected to gather to say good- bye to d.c. music legend chuck brown. >> today, the family is holding a public viewing at the the

howard theater. melanie alnwick has more on this. >> reporter: the street closures have already begun with the first closure starting at 3:00 behind me, t street that runs route rite -- runs right in front of the howard theater. the 75-year-old godfather of go- go died may 17th from complications of pneumonia after a lengthy hospital stay. since then, fans have been coming to this area to leave tokens of respect and appreciation. brown was scheduled to play a show here on april # 1st but he fell ill just days before that. today, the formal farewell to chuck brown begins first with a public viewing and family has found several ways for the fans to celebrate him.

>> we'll have his music playing, a photo montage. >> reporter: four streets surrounding the howard theater willing closed from 9:30:00 a.m. until midnight. t street will be expanded. that closure goes from ninth to florida. and seventh street between florida and s, eighth street between florida and s. and also because it is expected to be very hot today, there will be emergency personnel stationed just down the street here. we do expect thousands of people to be standing in line here in these 90-degree temperatures today. there will be water stations and people here to care for anybody who may be overcome by the heat. one other thing people should know, no cameras allowed and that includes no cell phone cameras. they should be prepared to leave them at home or leave them at the door. >> i know you will continue to remind folks all morning. thank you. checking other local headlines, police officers trying to serve a misdemeanor warrant shot a man in mount vernon. fay faction investigators say the man opened the door of an

apartment on old mill court and confronted one of the officer ways knife and refused to drop it. the officer shot the man in the chest. the man was taken to the hospital for treatment. police say they have had past run-ins with the same individual. the coast guard has called off the search for a missing 21- year-old who advertise and in the chesapeake bay. he went swimming with friends on sunday and disappeared near howell point. crews have found the body of a man thrown from a boat in quip county sunday night. police have not released husband name. two other people in the boat were seriously hurt. for the first time as commander in chief, president obama spoke at the vietnam veterans memorial. the president, vice president, secretary of defense and thousands of veterans and civilians attended a ceremony in honor of memorial day. the president thanked surviving vietnam vets for reaching out

to those serving our country today. >> you cared for those that followed. you made it your mission to make sure today's troops get the respect and support that all too often you did not receive. >> the president's appearance meant changes in security and access, of course. many vietnam veterans said they were unaware of ticketing and entry rules this year and were unable to get their own memorial. a deadly scene at an upscale shopping mall. more than a dozen people killed in a massive fire. a sky high standoff. an armed man held up on a train? we'll get the latest as we check more headlines. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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where a nag tight -- a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit italy. it is the same region where a strong earthquake hit earlier this month killing seven people and causing some buildings to collapse. at least one mayor says his town has suffered fatalities in this latest quake. will continue to follow this this morning. a deadly fire at a shopping mall in qatar leaves at least 19 people dead. thirteen of the victims were children. the fire broke out early yesterday morning in the capital city of doha. some people died as rescue are is battled the flames trying to reach a child care center. an armed man is still holed up on a trane at a college campus in texas. it started when a man barricaded himself in the cab

of a crane. he was wanted for a carjacking? dallas. man threw his shoes at officers and is threatening to jump. no students are on campus right now. now. mitt romney is poised to clinch the republican presidential nomination. romney is expected to win today's primary in texas and secure the number of delegates needed to become the gop nominee. romney will focus his day north of texas though. he is scheduled to court voters and donors in las vegas. let's check in with tucker for our weather. hazy, hot and humid conditions. we're headed back to the 90s. julie wright has a look at your traffic. we'll do it after the break. q

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verizon. welcome back. taking a look at the washington monument. look down to the left. 77degrees. is that right? >> yeah, up fortunately it is. >> and it is only 4:45 in the morning. >> you know what that means. that is just the beginning of

what is to come i would imagine, right? >> i think we're already there. we have the hazy, hot and humid forecast. >> you add another 15 degrees to that and it will be awful. >> this is the last day. things will get better. by the end of the week, by thursday and friday, about 80. >> that seems like nothing. >> i guess the good news this is particular round of heat won't last. it is not one of these that lasts for two or three weeks like we typically get in july. >> which i'm sure we will. >> we were good for a record yesterday. dulles tied a record at 90 degrees. got to go back to 1991 the last time dulles was 90 degrees on this date. bwi marshall, 93. we'll be close to this again. lots of humidity out there as well up ahead of our fronteddal

system moving in from the west later this afternoon, really during the nighttime hours. here is some heat for you. 77degrees in washington. 80 in quantico. something is up with your thermometer. i want to get down there. 77 in annapolis. yesterday, we had some 60s off to the north and west. not the case today. 73 out at dulles. 73 in gaithersburg. and a lot of humidity as well. our dew point temperatures are running in the upper 60s. so not a terribly comfortable start to your morning. sentinel sat rad, we are quiet right now. you can see the leading edge. that is our cold front still several hours away. late this afternoon during the evening hours, we'll start to see some showers and storms bubble up. that will start the transition into a cooler and drier air mass. it will take a couple of days to actually get that cooler and drier air in. it will start to feel better.

by thursday, our temperatures will be about 80 degrees with less humidity. just hang in there. no heat advisory today. got to get my letters to fit on the map as well. scattered afternoon showers and storms. early showers and storms tonight. cloudy overnight. 71 the overnight low. we'll continue to see the showers during the overnight hours. a little better tomorrow. thursday, 81 and then friday and saturday, could be some more showers. look at saturday's high, only 77 degrees. let's do some traffic. >> is sarah complaining about 90 degrees? honey, it is summer. >> no, it's not. it's spring. >> welcome to my world. it is summer. will and i sat out on the deck all weekend long in the blow-up pool with the nutty buddies.

it's summer. 395 northbound leaving duke duque street out -- leaving duke street out to the 14th street bridge, nice and easy. inbound new york avenue, nice and clear as you leave bladensburg road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. a big celebration at the white house today. thirteen people will be honored with the presidential medal of freedom. they include former secretary of state madeline albright. and john paul stevens. bob dylan, author toni morrison and former tennessee women's basketball coach pat summit are also among those being honored. a health alert today.

the secret getting your kids to eat their veggies. ready for this. we need a drum roll. you drink water. serve water with meals. behavioral researchers found people correlate a glass of water with healthy food. the kids ate more vegetables with water than soda. there you go. work out or pay up. it's new incentive behind a new exercise app. users commit to using it a certain number of times a week and agree to pay $5 if you don't work out. move over android and iphone. facebook wants to create its open smart phone. according to the "new york times," part of the top secret plan is to recruit experts would worked on apple's iphone and ipad so they are stealing people to build that phone. this will be interesting. >> this could be a big phone too if it ever happens.

astronauts on the international space station are still unloading cargo from the spacex dragon capsule. >> it arrived on friday way half-ton of food, clothing and scientific supplies. fox's jamie coby takes a look at the problems. >> reporter: official hatch opening time 4:53:00 a.m. central time. >> this new era of space travel handled by the private sector. the progress not without a few hiccups along the way. >> launch of the spacex rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: last week's launch happening on the second attempt.

once in space, the vessel docking last friday to cheers from earth. that docking didn't go as planned either. according to space x's founder. >> dragon has these things called lasers. one of the lasers wasn't working well. we had to recalibrate the laser and tighten the beam and then it did work and we were table to dock. >> reporter: it takes some 25 hours to unload more than a thousand pounds of supplies include food, clothing and technology. it is not all work and no play up there. some new pictures from aboard the iss including these time lapse photos of the space station, the earth and stars. we're told the astronaut took multiple 30 second exposures and blended the photos on his computer. when hatch closes wednesday, the spacex capsule will be prepped to return to earth loaded with 1300 pounds of return cargo. cargo.

>> fascinating to see. >> it is a new era. the issue of student loans is a hot topic on capitol hill. up next, can college grads expect to make enough money to pay back their loans. >> we'll run down some starting salaries for various degrees.

a debate rages on over whether to hold the line on student loan interest rate. >> a different discussion is being held on whether college students are majoring in the right areas to pay off the loans. here is doug mcelway. >> reporter: with graduation season now upon us, a new crop of workers is being thrown 199job market with little room to accommodate them. >> today, the schools don't emphasize the importance of commerce and engineering technology. instead, there is a lot of emphasis on social history and on doing good in the world.

we certainly need social workers and teachers but we all need engineers. >> reporter: today, a fewer- year degree in psychology can land a job with a starting salary of $30,000. a graduate degree raises earnings to $60,000. a degree in engineering can command a $55,000 a year starting salary. while a fine arts degree can bring home $30,000 a year, $55,000 with a graduate degree, an accounting degree brings $43,000 for starters up to $90,000 with a graduate degree. >> companies like graduates who have skills that can immediately be applied to the working environment so they can hit the ground running. >> reporter: the plight is made worse by the mountain of student loan debt that many have accumulated. it totals $870 billion, more debt than americans hold in credit cards or auto loans. compounding the problem, on july 1st, interest rates are set to double unless a day vieded senate takes action. democrats want to pay for it by

taxing high earners. republicans want for follow the house's lead by taking money out of the affordable care act. that would only help plenty presently enrolled students. the bigger threat is the former students now in default. their crushing debt has fundmentally altered their life plan. doug mcelway, fox news. nats pitcher jordan zimmerman known for his arm but it was his bat making a lot of noise last night. >> zimmerman hits that ball to left and hits it deep. back goes coughlin and that ball is gone. >> his first career home run but it wasn't enough. we'll have highlights coming. 3q every day, an average of 5,000 people switch from cascade to finish dishwasher detergent. that's about 150,000 a month - over 2 million people so far.

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the washington nats hope to avoid a two high pressure game

losing streak tonight. they fell for the miami marlins yesterday 5-3. jordan zimmerman hit his first career homer but couldn't hold a 3-1 lead. he gave up four runs in six inning including home runs. the same two teams go at it again tonight. first place baltimore orioles have hit a little bump in the road. they fell to the toronto blue yeas last night 2-6 for their third straight loss. pitcher tommy hunter struggled going three innings giving up two homers and five earned runs. the orioles remain tied with tampa for first place in the a.l. east. the loyola greyhounds beat the maryland terps in a championship game 9-3. loyola held maryland scoreless in the